The Top 300 Greatest TV Shows of All Time: FBG Consensus: 50 Lists received. 2: Seinfeld 1: Breaking Bad (7 Viewers)

[BassNBrew]

If you ever wonder why the rest of the country thinks the south is Hicksville, this show is the reason. Never could get into it because it didn't seem remotely real and watching the guys on the White Shadow play hoops was more entertaining.

I've never thought of Mayberry as being some Hicksville town. It's simple living in a small town, which all states have. Not many characters even have a southern accent (which some people find hillbilly or hickish) in it. Andy had a slight one, and he was from NC, which is where Mayberry was located on the show.

In my experience, I always found the small town feel of the show real. Both of my parents are from small towns in the foothills. Change out Floyd the barber for my grandmother's hairdresser Ester. The towns have baking and canning competitions, square dancing on Wednesday nights in the basement of the old rock school, they'd all congregate at a diner, all are church goers and if you were in the choir or joy club that was a big deal, and it was a really big deal if you had the preacher over for dinner. There were fishing holes where people fished, picnicked, or cooled off in the summer. Everybody knows everybody. The sheriff in town would call my mom who lived about an hour and 50 minutes away to tell her that the son of the lady who was taking care of my grandmother was hanging out on my grandmother's front porch with his friends a lot, and that these friends were bad news. She was kept in the loop even though she hadn't lived there in decades. Anyway, my grandparents lived the Mayberry life, and so did my parents until they moved in their 20s. Their hometowns very much remind me of Mayberry.

Mount Airy where Andy is from, and Mayberry is based on, still has its annual Mayberry Days festival. This year it is in September. Some of the actors, writers, producers, and family of the original series have attended over the years. Betty Lynn who played Thelma Lou was at most of the festivals, and moved to Mount Airy years ago. She passed there in 2021. Andy lived in Manteo in his older years, and my friend's dad worked for the telephone company, and one day he was outside of Andy's house working on telephone lines. Andy wasn't home, and my friend's dad had to pee real bad, so he urinated on a tree. Andy pulled up when he was peeing, and got out of his car and said something like, "Sometimes when nature calls we have to answer." My friend said her dad was so embarrassed. Frances Bavier (Aunt Bee) lived in Siler City, NC, and was originally from New York. Frances had a reputation for being a "Get off my lawn" type person in that town. Andy said a few months before she died, she called and apologized to him for being difficult on the set during their Andy Griffith Show days. He forgave her, and she's probably cooked him and the gang (minus Opie) some Sunday "suppas" up in Mayberry heaven.

Barney Fife is one of my all-time favorite characters. Don Knotts really brought the comedic side to The Andy Griffith Show. Due to that show, I always want to call someone named Andy "Ange," but I don't. It's on the tip of my tongue, though.

Very interesting Simey.

It didn't connect with me. Just didn't represent midwest suburbia life and the originals aired before my time so the reruns were competing against color TV shows that were either set in places that were more familiar or more exciting like space. Or course everything competed with the Cubs day games on WGN.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Like NCIS, this is on my list because I wanted to hang out in this universe with these characters.

Have not watched the reboot, which has gotten bad reviews despite the presence of Larroquette.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

152 - SCTV​

Comedy
Score: 221
Average Rank: 34.2

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

List Breakdown

Binky 18
Eephus 22
Atomic Punk 25
Pip's Invitation 35
Barry2 37
Yo Mama 68

Another great sketch comedy show that produced future stars and memorable characters.

I was well into adulthood when I realized “Guy Caballero” means “Guy Guy” in English.

 

[zamboni]

149 - Hill Street Blues​

Crime
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

List Breakdown

Tau37 12
kupcho1 18
krista4 30
Atomic Punk 41
Rand al Thor 49
BlackCrowes 53
Yo Mama 70

The cop show that all subsequent cop shows try to be (even Cop Rock).

Let’s be careful out there.

That Cop Rock clip I posted way upthread is straight out of HSB, although not exactly a surprise since Steven Bochco created both of the shows.

As an aside, some parallels to The White Shadow. Both themes composed by the great Mike Post, and Michael Warren (Lew Alcindor's point guard at UCLA) had a memorable guest appearance on TWS before becoming a regular on HSB.

Coach Reeves schooling Warren in one-on-one

.

 

[simey]

149 - Hill Street Blues​

I never saw this all the way through - on my do list - which is why I didn't rank it. Tremendous show - and another top tier theme, with Larry Carlton shredding.

I would like to watch it. I didn't tune in during its run, because it came on at the same time as Knots Landing, and I was already a loyal viewer of Knots.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I feel obligated to discuss Andy and the gang as the highest voter.

There’s several reasons I have this ranked so high:

• The biggest factor is family. I watched this with my Dad a lot as a kid. My parents divorced and Andy was always the Dad I wish I had but never did after the divorce. Years later as an adult we would occasionally talk about the show or on the rare instance we were together we would occasionally watch an episode.
• In turn, I’ve watched some of it with my kids. When they were young it was one of the few comedies I felt they could watch - something to watch together other than cartoons
• I’ll die on this hill but Barney Fife is the greatest sidekick in TV history - better than Norton, better than Constanza/Kramer, better than anyone I’ve seen. He made the show what it was.
• Small town southern charm. Lots of negative stuff has been (deservedly) said about life in the south, especially during the years the show was set but for those of us who have grown up in the south, many of us can relate to Mayberry and the inhabitants thereof.
• Rewatchability - I still feel like it holds up and can be funny for families today.
• Life lessons - people rightfully loved Ted Lasso due to the incredible life lessons the show taught us - I think Andy Griffith was that show for me growing up. It teaches us to be kind, be honest, work hard, love your family and friends, and have fun.

Although I didn't have it on my final list, I'm absolutely shocked it wasn't higher in the rankings. Love this write-up!

I had a list of the main rotation (that I could remember) of reruns that were on after grade school for kids my age. The Andy Griffith Show was one of them. We normally were outside the entire time but if we did stay inside to do something these shows were on - and watched hundreds of times ...probably more than any other TV shows I have watched in my entire life - but I think only one of them made it on my top 70.

This is the list - and I know I'm missing some ...

Andy Griffith
Hogan's Heroes
Star Trek
Lucy Shows
Petticoat Junction
The Beverly Hillbillies
Gilligan's Island
The Brady Bunch
I Dream of Jeanie
Bewitched
Bonanza
Green Acres
Get Smart

 

[steelerfan1]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Loved it when it was on but It didn't seem to hold up at all. I watched a couple episodes in the recent past and it was not quite there for me. Because of that I didn't have it on my list.

ohhhhkayyyyyy

 

[kupcho1]

149 - Hill Street Blues​

Crime
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

List Breakdown

Tau37 12
kupcho1 18
krista4 30
Atomic Punk 41
Rand al Thor 49
BlackCrowes 53
Yo Mama 70

I thought I'd have this the most highly ranked, but no. Kudos to @Tau837

The show chronicles the lives of the Metropolitan Police Department staff of a single police station located on Hill Street in an unnamed large U.S. city. The "blues" are the police officers in their blue uniforms.

The city was Pittsburgh. Bochco graduated from Carnegie Mellon University, not all that far from the Hill District. Despite what this says:

Bochco reportedly intended this fictional city to be a hybrid of Chicago, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh.

Hill Street Blues Homecoming on campus. "Pictured left to right are: actor Bruce Weitz; writer/producer Steven Boncho; actress Barbara Bosson; executive story editor Mark Frost; and actor Charles Haid. All of them were graduates of CMU Drama with the exception of Mark Frost who attended CMU for two years., 1983" Unfortunately this is a link to an archive. Can't find the picture. I think a number of other HSB actors also went to CMU.

 

[Runkle]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Great show. Holds up well.

John Larroquette won the Emmy for best performance in a comedy several times in a row, and asked to be removed so others could have a chance of winning.

After Night Court, John Larroquette was on a short-lived NBC sitcom called The John Larroquette Show that apparently few people watched or remembered. But it was a grimly dark comedy that captured a mood well. I think it's re-run on one of the freevee side-channels or FAST streamers, it's worth getting into if you can find it.

 

[kupcho1]

I feel obligated to discuss Andy and the gang as the highest voter.

There’s several reasons I have this ranked so high:

• The biggest factor is family. I watched this with my Dad a lot as a kid. My parents divorced and Andy was always the Dad I wish I had but never did after the divorce. Years later as an adult we would occasionally talk about the show or on the rare instance we were together we would occasionally watch an episode.
• In turn, I’ve watched some of it with my kids. When they were young it was one of the few comedies I felt they could watch - something to watch together other than cartoons
• I’ll die on this hill but Barney Fife is the greatest sidekick in TV history - better than Norton, better than Constanza/Kramer, better than anyone I’ve seen. He made the show what it was.
• Small town southern charm. Lots of negative stuff has been (deservedly) said about life in the south, especially during the years the show was set but for those of us who have grown up in the south, many of us can relate to Mayberry and the inhabitants thereof.
• Rewatchability - I still feel like it holds up and can be funny for families today.
• Life lessons - people rightfully loved Ted Lasso due to the incredible life lessons the show taught us - I think Andy Griffith was that show for me growing up. It teaches us to be kind, be honest, work hard, love your family and friends, and have fun.

Although I didn't have it on my final list, I'm absolutely shocked it wasn't higher in the rankings. Love this write-up!

I had a list of the main rotation (that I could remember) of reruns that were on after grade school for kids my age. The Andy Griffith Show was one of them. We normally were outside the entire time but if we did stay inside to do something these shows were on - and watched hundreds of times ...probably more than any other TV shows I have watched in my entire life - but I think only one of them made it on my top 70.

This is the list - and I know I'm missing some ...

Andy Griffith
Hogan's Heroes
Star Trek
Lucy Shows
Petticoat Junction
The Beverly Hillbillies
Gilligan's Island
The Brady Bunch
I Dream of Jeanie
Bewitched
Bonanza
Green Acres
Get Smart

Throw McHale's Navy in there and I'd have the same lineup.

 

[kupcho1]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Markie Post was the primary reason to watch this show. Laroquette was funny, but the rest was painfully unfunny. The character of Bull Shannon was terrible.

 

[AAABatteries]

149 - Hill Street Blues​

Crime
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

The lives and work of the staff of an inner city police precinct.

List Breakdown

Tau37 12
kupcho1 18
krista4 30
Atomic Punk 41
Rand al Thor 49
BlackCrowes 53
Yo Mama 70

I expected this to be much higher on the list but was the show I referred to along with St. Elsewhere that I just never watched even though it should be right up my alley.

 

[Instinctive]

Is Night Court not a show from like the last 2 years with one of the Big Bang Theory people plus Larroquette (the late stage Boston Legal guy?)

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

153 - Mr. Show with Bob and David​

Comedy
Score: 219
Average Rank: 39.7

This is a sketch-comedy show. The twist here is that all of the sketches (Even the monologue) are connected in some strange way.

List Breakdown

Dan Lambskin 17
Binky 20
Pip's Invitation 26
gr00vus 32
McBokonon 55
Nick Vermeil 59
Dr Octopus 69

ok, I have never heard of this show and I have watched a LOT of TV.

Right there with you. I have no idea what this is.

It was an HBO sketch comedy show with all the skits having a thread - it starred Bob Odenkirk and David Cross. Both went on to nice careers with Odenkirk very well known now.

and David Cross blue himself.

 

[Scoresman]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

 

[Scoresman]

147 - Rescue Me​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.

List Breakdown

shuke 15
BLOCKED PUNT 26
Barry2 29
zamboni 38
BlackCrowes 41
Gally 59
Nick Vermeil 65

 

[Dennis Castro]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Markie Post was the primary reason to watch this show. Laroquette was funny, but the rest was painfully unfunny. The character of Bull Shannon was terrible.

My 11-year-old loves Bull, which I suppose says something about the way comedy has evolved over the past 40 years. And some of the episodes, like when Dan gets trapped in the elevator with a gay man, have aged rather poorly.

 

[BlackCrowes]

mine are dropping like flies now!

 

[Scoresman]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

 

[AAABatteries]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

My guess

Spoiler

Sex in the City

 

[AAABatteries]

Nevermind - that was in the 200’s

 

[The Gator]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

 

[The Gator]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

My guess

Spoiler

Sex in the City

Same

 

[steelerfan1]

my guess

Spoiler

grey's anatomy

 

[Leroy Hoard]

152 - SCTV​

Comedy
Score: 221
Average Rank: 34.2

The staff of Melonville's TV station put on programming that is unique in its own silly way.

List Breakdown

Binky 18
Eephus 22
Atomic Punk 25
Pip's Invitation 35
Barry2 37
Yo Mama 68

This was one I was thinking might slip through the cracks but glad to see it got some love. What an incredible cast with characters that lived way beyond the show.

My bad for overlooking this. Probably better than 98% of anything SNL has done, and I might be being too conservative.

I remember having to get in a Canadian station on antenna to watch this and then later they got picked up by an American cable station like Comedy Central?

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

My guess

Spoiler

Sex in the City

First couple seasons of that were decent but it got bad quickly

 

[Instinctive]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

I'm really surprised this isn't higher. Must be cause HBO? Excellently made, super rewatchable, outstanding acting...and I think it's at a place to bridge the divide where both the old contingent and the middle aged among us would have seen it.

ETA it also didn't drag on. All of it was high level and then they ended it.

 

[Scoresman]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

 

[zamboni]

147 - Rescue Me​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.

What a weird show description - AI concerns me sometimes.

In any event, loved this show. Great acting performances.

 

[AAABatteries]

Between Saved by the Bell and Gilmore Girls I'm really starting to question @Jayrod 's TV acumen.

 

[Gally]

Bull (which won't be appearing here)

It was on my list so I am still holding out hope it appears here.

 

[Todem]

160 - Sons of Anarchy​

Drama
Score: 200
Average Rank: 46

A man in his early 30s struggles to find a balance in his life between being a new dad and his involvement in a motorcycle club.

List Breakdown

steelerfan1 14
KarmaPolice 19
UncleZen 44
simey 49
Instinctive 52
Atomic Punk 60
BlackCrowes 60
The Gator 70

First 4 seasons were absolute gold.......then it kinda petered out for me. Hence not on my list.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Great show. Holds up well.

John Larroquette won the Emmy for best performance in a comedy several times in a row, and asked to be removed so others could have a chance of winning.

After Night Court, John Larroquette was on a short-lived NBC sitcom called The John Larroquette Show that apparently few people watched or remembered. But it was a grimly dark comedy that captured a mood well. I think it's re-run on one of the freevee side-channels or FAST streamers, it's worth getting into if you can find it.

I don't remember much about it, but I did watch it, Larroquette was a bus station manager if I recall correctly.

 

[Nick Vermeil]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

Love Gilmore Girls. Love Lauren Graham. Love coming of age storylines. I'm a sucker for shows set in small towns and the single mom angle worked for me as a kid of single mom (though my dad was pretty awesome for a remote dad). The writing is great (way better than subsequent Sherman-Palladino efforts IMHO) and the generational push pull of the Gilmore family was great. Easily a top 5 show.

ETA, as we were attending the "Spirit of Light" (?) parade in our little town this past weekend, my wife commented that we basically now live in Stars Hollow. Better on TV than in real life! The local characters in reality are obnoxious. Haha

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Markie Post was the primary reason to watch this show.

Post replaced Ellen Foley who before Night Court was the female vocalist on Meatloaf's Paradise By The Dashboard Light,

 

[Gally]

Is Night Court not a show from like the last 2 years with one of the Big Bang Theory people plus Larroquette (the late stage Boston Legal guy?)

No. That show (the new one) is absolutely terrible. I couldn't even get through the first episode.

 

[Gally]

150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

List Breakdown

Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

Loved it when it was on but It didn't seem to hold up at all. I watched a couple episodes in the recent past and it was not quite there for me. Because of that I didn't have it on my list.

ohhhhkayyyyyy

Not sure the point of this comment since you didn't vote for it either. Not sure what you are going for here.

 

[Hastur]

Is Night Court not a show from like the last 2 years with one of the Big Bang Theory people plus Larroquette (the late stage Boston Legal guy?)

The one that came out 2 years ago is a reboot, with Larroquette reprising his role. The original ran in the 80's.

 

[The Gator]

​

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

Couldn’t get through the first season. Too much rampant one liners back and forth. Very little conversation, just people saying things if that’s makes sense lol

 

[Dr. Octopus]

148 - The Newsroom​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 26.2

A newsroom undergoes some changes in its workings and morals as a new team is brought in, bringing unexpected results for its existing news anchor.

List Breakdown

Instinctive 6
timschochet 15
landrys hat 18
BlackCrowes 43
McBokonon 49

I'm really surprised this isn't higher. Must be cause HBO? Excellently made, super rewatchable, outstanding acting...and I think it's at a place to bridge the divide where both the old contingent and the middle aged among us would have seen it.

ETA it also didn't drag on. All of it was high level and then they ended it.

I never even heard of it and I've had HBO/MAX many times for many years.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

 

[Gally]

147 - Rescue Me​

Drama
Score: 224
Average Rank: 39

Tommy Gavin deals with the fears of his job as a firefighter and seeing his ex-wife dating other men.

List Breakdown

shuke 15
BLOCKED PUNT 26
Barry2 29
zamboni 38
BlackCrowes 41
Gally 59
Nick Vermeil 65

Another show that I didn't watch until recently. I was really surprised with how good it was. Odd one line description as while those things happen there is a lot more to it that matters much more. It is funny, dark, serious, scary,..........it has everything. Very well done.

 

[AAABatteries]

Years ago I had a coworker (male) who would come in to the office and talk about Gilmore Girls. He told us the story of going to a doctors visit with his pregnant wife - she had to get blood drawn and he got so woozy they had her move over in the bed so he could lay down and not faint. All the nurses came in to take pictures of them.

Now, I’m not saying these stories are related but I’m also NOT saying these stories aren’t related.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

I feel obligated to discuss Andy and the gang as the highest voter.

There’s several reasons I have this ranked so high:

• The biggest factor is family. I watched this with my Dad a lot as a kid. My parents divorced and Andy was always the Dad I wish I had but never did after the divorce. Years later as an adult we would occasionally talk about the show or on the rare instance we were together we would occasionally watch an episode.
• In turn, I’ve watched some of it with my kids. When they were young it was one of the few comedies I felt they could watch - something to watch together other than cartoons
• I’ll die on this hill but Barney Fife is the greatest sidekick in TV history - better than Norton, better than Constanza/Kramer, better than anyone I’ve seen. He made the show what it was.
• Small town southern charm. Lots of negative stuff has been (deservedly) said about life in the south, especially during the years the show was set but for those of us who have grown up in the south, many of us can relate to Mayberry and the inhabitants thereof.
• Rewatchability - I still feel like it holds up and can be funny for families today.
• Life lessons - people rightfully loved Ted Lasso due to the incredible life lessons the show taught us - I think Andy Griffith was that show for me growing up. It teaches us to be kind, be honest, work hard, love your family and friends, and have fun.

Although I didn't have it on my final list, I'm absolutely shocked it wasn't higher in the rankings. Love this write-up!

I had a list of the main rotation (that I could remember) of reruns that were on after grade school for kids my age. The Andy Griffith Show was one of them. We normally were outside the entire time but if we did stay inside to do something these shows were on - and watched hundreds of times ...probably more than any other TV shows I have watched in my entire life - but I think only one of them made it on my top 70.

This is the list - and I know I'm missing some ...

Andy Griffith
Hogan's Heroes
Star Trek
Lucy Shows
Petticoat Junction
The Beverly Hillbillies
Gilligan's Island
The Brady Bunch
I Dream of Jeanie
Bewitched
Bonanza
Green Acres
Get Smart

Throw McHale's Navy in there and I'd have the same lineup.

yep, and I also forgot about Gilligan's Island

 

[Todem]

154 - Columbo​

Drama
Score: 213
Average Rank: 35.5

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and disingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

List Breakdown

Sullie 2
Todem 23
Eephus 25
krista4 38
Chaos34 58
Gally 67

Ooof. I never understood how anyone could watch this. Can't stand Peter Falk.

I grew up watching Columbo with my mom......and one of the things that hooked me on this show was how stupid he came across......and he was secretly so smaaaaaaart and nabbed every killer.

Like playing dead possum. He was hilarious.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Golden Girls and Gilmour Girls were not shows I expected to see on a FootballGUYS ranking.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Up next. Someone's going to have to explain to me why a series made for chicks is in three of your top 10s.

It's also entirely possible I misjudged this show's target audience.

I guess someone is gonna have to explain this mindset to me. Either a show is good or it's not. Why do guys feel the need to qualify it?

 

[Hastur]

146 - Gilmore Girls​

Drama
Score: 225
Average Rank: 14.8

A drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

List Breakdown

Nick Vermeil 4
Jayrod 5
Barry2 8
UncleZen 42

My wife watched this, and since I was there on the coach next to her, I watched it too.

Michel ranks up there with Mrs. Harriett Olsen(Little House on the Prairie) as one of my most hated television characters. Oh, he got on my nerves!

 

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154 - Columbo​

Drama
Score: 213
Average Rank: 35.5

Los Angeles homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo uses his humble ways and disingenuous demeanor to winkle out even the most well-concealed of crimes.

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Todem 23
Eephus 25
krista4 38
Chaos34 58
Gally 67

Ooof. I never understood how anyone could watch this. Can't stand Peter Falk.

I grew up watching Columbo with my mom......and one of the things that hooked me on this show was how stupid he came across......and he was secretly so smaaaaaaart and nabbed every killer.

Like playing dead possum. He was hilarious.

Everything about him was intended to take people by surprise - his cheap rumpled suits, his old beat up car and the way he presented himself giving such deference to the criminals who always thought they were two steps ahead of him,

 

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150 - Night Court​

Comedy
Score: 223
Average Rank: 46.2

An eccentric fun-loving judge presides over an urban night court and all the silliness going on there.

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Jayrod 24
Shaft41 30
Hastur 42
gr00vus 44
UncleZen 49
Pip's Invitation 52
Barry2 54
Keith R 59
whoknew 62

This might have made my top 70 near the bottom if I had thought of it. My recollection was this was part of the Thursday night Must See TV thing and probably got a bump on viewers based on that. It was pretty good but got even more silly at the end. Always liked Anderson.